Arcanobacterium haemolyticum infection
# Arcanobacterium haemolyticum infection

An Arcanobacterium haemolyticum infection is any of several types of infection with the gram-positive bacillus Arcanobacterium haemolyticum. It can cause an acute pharyngitis, and it may cause an exanthem characterized by an erythematous, morbilliform or scarlatiniform eruption involving the trunk and $extremities.^{:268}$

